this is bbc news with sean lays. the headlines of heaven. —— shaun ley. in a second surprise visit since the russian invasion. we in a second surprise visit since the russian invasion.— russian invasion. we will work to . ether russian invasion. we will work together with _ russian invasion. we will work together with you _ russian invasion. we will work together with you and - russian invasion. we will work together with you and with - russian invasion. we will work together with you and with our partners to rebuild your wonderful country for the benefit of ukrainians, and i might say, forthe benefit of the whole of the global economy .an . an investigation is launched at gatwick after — . an investigation is launched at gatwick after a _ . an investigation is launched at gatwick after a passenger - . an investigation is launched at gatwick after a passenger with l gatwick after a passenger with restricted mobility died on as greater. —— on an escalator. a former soldier has been found guilty of murdering his neighbours over a

long—running dispute about parking. wikileaks founder can be sent to the united states after the home secretary approved his deportation. he has 14 days to appeal. it's been the hottest day of the year so far in london in the southeast of england, as heat warnings are issued. and coming up in half an hour, i'll bejoined by the international correspondence panel to discuss rwanda, ukraine and the resignation of lord geidt. hello and a warm welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson is in kyiv on his second visit in a show of support for ukraine in the war against russia.

the prime minister met president zelensky and announced a major training programme for ukrainian forces. downing street says it will have potential to train up to 2000 soldier —— 10,000 soldiers every 120 days. translation: we do not have any doubt that - ukraine's going to prevail, so we are preparing for postwar reconstruction after our victory. i thank you for this. i thank you for your help in terms of reconstruction of kyiv that the united kingdom has undertaken. i thank you for the fact that these negotiations are, as usual, very frank and substantial. and taking this opportunity, i'd like also to draw your attention to the fact that we have had a historic moment today as ukraine has received a positive assessment from the european commission in terms of our membership prospect. volodymyr, we're here once again to underline that we are with you

to give you the strategic endurance that you will need, and we are going to continue to help intensify the sanctions on putin's regime. we'll do everything we can to continue to strengthen the diplomatic coalition of support around the world for ukraine, and i completely understand and sympathise with the need for continued financial support for ukraine. we will continue, as we have from the beginning, to provide the military equipment and now, of course, the training that may be necessary to go with that new equipment. borisjohnson boris johnson speaking in borisjohnson speaking in kyiv. after the visit, including

dominant... are correspondent nick beake watched for the pm's arrival. the prime minister was in this very spot a few moments ago. you can see the burned out russian tanks that have been brought back from the front line and are now really a grim testament to the battle. the visit was completely unannounced, and we got word that he was here and came down to this place in the heart of kyiv. the prime minister walked into the complex of that magnificent building, st. michael's cathedral, then he walked along the cobbles here alongside president zelensky. they walked over to a large crowd and tried to get a few words with both president zelensky and prime minister, and we were told they were here to talk to the ukrainian people, not us. the the message is

the uk is with ukraine. the prime minister may be acing problems at home, but here, there's a feeling that he's amongst friends and president zelensky said just as much. we had the leaders of france, germany and italy yesterday, and today the british prime minister. i think they want to be sending a message to president putin. the west says it is with ukraine. your crane want to join the european union. says it is with ukraine. your crane want tojoin the european union. the problem is if you listen to those ukrainian commanders in the east, they say they're not arriving soon enough and they're losing hundreds of men every day on the front line in this brutal war. but for today, this visit, the second trip to kyiv by borisjohnson, is sending a message that the united kingdom is with ukraine. hick message that the united kingdom is with ukraine-— with ukraine. nick beake there. let's 'oin with ukraine. nick beake there. let's join our — with ukraine. nick beake there. let's join our political _ let's join our political

correspondent. surprise that the pm went, but perhaps no surprise that he would want to be seen again. separately from the eu leaders, perhaps on a surprise, but slightly disrupted his domestic schedule at an important time for some of its mps were expecting he would be at this conference doncaster. it may not have been comfortable for the prime minister that meeting, certainly had of next week's by—election in waitsfield, in which a number of conservatives are nervous. —— wakefield. another uncomfortable moment for the prime minister is this group of northern tory mps, making a number of demands

at the moment, mainly around lowering taxes. they've also been calling for certain regions in the north of england to have the power to change taxes themselves. as you say, his plans now changed. i think number ten would argue this trip to ukraine had to take priority given the ongoing situation. even the chair of that research group said this is not a snub that he didn't turn up, but there are some critics wondering whether he was perhaps trying to evade some of his responsibilities back home. let’s responsibilities back home. let's talk about something _ responsibilities back home. let's talk about something else. we've had lord geidt�*s resignation, but he's now written on letter of clarification to the chairman of the public administration committee. what did he tell us in that that we didn't know?—

didn't know? that's right. this is the prime _ didn't know? that's right. this is the prime minister's _ didn't know? that's right. this is the prime minister's former - didn't know? that's right. this is i the prime minister's former adviser who resigned earlier this week and issued a resignation letter, which he now says today has been somewhat misinterpreted. in that letter, he said he was close to resigning over partygate, but said he was also asked to advise the prime minister on a matter which he believed would breach international law and couldn't be partial. the prime minister in response argued that this question was a matter of national interest. we understand this was basically in relation to looking at extending certain tariffs on chinese steel which the prime minister argued would be compliant, domestic law wouldn't comply. today, lord geidt hit back somewhat and some of the portrayals of the reasons for �*s resignation he said was the focus on steel tariffs on a bit of a distraction. he was

frustrated by being asked to be privy and to comment on a matter that would deliberately break international law. today he said he believed this government had expressed its openness to breaking international law, and that is not something he wanted to be associated with. ., ~ something he wanted to be associated with. . ~ i. something he wanted to be associated with. ., ~' ,, , something he wanted to be associated with. . ~ i. , . we'll and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers, with the writer and broadcaster mihir bose and rosamund urwin, who's the media editor at the sunday times. there is worrying news for people who booked holidays this summer and are planning to travel from gatwick airport. britain's second busiest airport said the revised plans are meant to create a more reliable service and insisted the vast majority of flights will still go ahead. here's our business

correspondent. i5 ahead. here's our business correspondent.— ahead. here's our business correspondent. ahead. here's our business corresondent. , . , correspondent. is the airlines will have to decide _ correspondent. is the airlines will have to decide which _ correspondent. is the airlines will have to decide which services - correspondent. is the airlines will have to decide which services willj have to decide which services will operate and which will be cancelled. the biggest operator is easy didn't —— easyjet. they will take the next couple of days to decide, but they'll focus on the busiest routes, where there are six or seven services a day. they can cut one and rebook passengers. that'll happen automatically, so people want to do anything. they'll get a message telling them the new time of their flight. easyjet is pretty confident that it can rebook the vast majority of passengers in this way. other airlines that have fewer services here won't be able to do that necessarily, so some passengers will be inconvenienced, but what gatwick is thinking is a certain amount of inconvenience now could potentially prevent absolute chaos during the

busiest period of the summer. thea busiest period of the summer. theo le nett. lisa, who presents the big travel podcast, is with me now. could be the big headache.— the big headache. there could be, but i like the big headache. there could be, but i like to _ the big headache. there could be, but i like to think _ the big headache. there could be, but | like to think that _ the big headache. there could be, but i like to think that we - but i like to think that we should... people are panicking about their summer holidays. me as well. i think we should repackage this as a good thing. we've seen many delays and issues, and those of the most awful things when you turn up to the airport. at least now, we'll get some advance notice so we can plan. that goes for consumers and the airline industry alike. i'm hoping we can package this up is a good thing. we're bound to talk about the negative side on the news because we have to and it is happening, but 95% of flights will go ahead, so i know it's understandable thinking you're

going away to be worried, but fingers crossed this is a solution to the current problem. the fundamental _ to the current problem. the fundamental problem is the inability of the airlines and the airports to recruit enough staff quickly enough and to get them cleared to work airside. that's more fundamental in some ways. do you see that being solved by the end of the summer? we are solved by the end of the summer? - are today it could take up to 18 months, which isn't very good. we talked about this in easter when we had the peak period. again and half term a few weeks ago. we're still talking about it in summer. the one good thing i would say is that the airlines and aviation really want to fix this. it's causing them an absolute nightmare and costing them absolute nightmare and costing them a lot of money. i don't know about you, but i'm hearing so many people saying they're not going ahead and they're cancelling or looking to stay in this country. i think

personally that's unnecessary because about 90 private percent of flights will go ahead —— 95% of everyone wants to solve this. in terms of the practicalities, what the customers need to do? how quickly are they going to be able to check whether or not their flight is one of those affected? how much notice does gatwick think it will give to the airlines and the airlines to the passengers that of light has gone? this airlines to the passengers that of light has gone?— airlines to the passengers that of light has gone? this is exactly it. got what light has gone? this is exactly it. get what -- _ light has gone? this is exactly it. got what -- gatwick _ light has gone? this is exactly it. got what -- gatwick will... - light has gone? this is exactly it. got what -- gatwick will... i - light has gone? this is exactly it. | got what -- gatwick will... i know got what —— gatwick will... i know they will be wanting to do it as soon as possible and i think the only thing you can do is watching my inboxis only thing you can do is watching my inbox is looking for text because they will contact us. easyjet said they will contact us. easyjet said they think they can get everyone pretty much on alternative flights. fingers crossed this is actually the solution to what has been a costly and annoying problem. keep this...

lisa francesca, _ and annoying problem. keep this... lisa francesca, good _ and annoying problem. keep this... lisa francesca, good to _ and annoying problem. keep this... lisa francesca, good to speak - and annoying problem. keep this... lisa francesca, good to speak to i lisa francesca, good to speak to you. a passenger with restricted mobility has died at gatwick after leaving the plane. the man decided to leave these planes rather than wait for staff to return and help him. he fell on an escalator. easyjet said cabin crew provided medical assistance. the passenger later passed away. you don't need to be told it's the hottest day of the year and the temperature in the south breach 32.7 celsius. a level 3 heat—health alert has been in place for london, the east of england and the south

east. it's the third day in a row to break this year's weather records. but the heatwave is due to end over the weekend, as our correspondent celestina 0lulode reports. cooling down in cambridge. who needs a holiday to jamaica or the maldives when temperatures in parts of southern england were heading higher today? visitors sought shade at one of the country's hottest spots, cambridge university botanic garden. we're pretty well equipped at home because we have a little paddling pool for this guy. pool for this guy, and lots of fans, so it felt like it was quite like this last year, so we were equipped for hot weather. terrible — the hay fever has been the worst it's ever been. he's been sniffing all day long.

we thought we would come out and get a spot in the shade. _ it looks lovely outside, and then you come out out it's 32 degrees, which is pretty oppressive, but pleasant in the botanical gardens. further south, londoners sizzled in the sunshine. a level three heat health alert has been issued here, also covering the south—east and the east of england. it means high temperatures could impact health services. water sports kept some people in derbyshire cool. temperatures here weren't quite as high as down south, but still high enough across much of the north of england to prompt a level one heat health alert. but it's not all ice lollies and lidos. there's been rain in scotland and northern ireland, keeping temperatures down. time to splash in the paddling pool at battersea dogs and cats home to stop this rescue dog overheating.

hard to believe it's still only mid—june. with months more of the summer to come, the question is — how many spells of weather like this are ahead? celeste tina reporting there. colin reeves, 35, and a veteran, stabbed his neighbours in their home in somerset while their children slept. andrew plante somerset while their children slept. andrew pla nte followed somerset while their children slept. andrew plante followed the story. you're under arrest at the minute. collin reeves, arrested outside his home in somerset. he had just killed his next—door neighbours. stephen and jennifer chapple's children had been asleep upstairs at the time. the couple had been hounded by reeves, waiting for them before arguing about parking in the road outside their homes.

in november, reeves snuck through their patio doors before stabbing them both and then calling the police. collin reeves's wife was upstairs at their home at the time of the attack. she says she heard screaming and then realised something was wrong when she came downstairs and saw her husband's ceremonial dagger was missing from the wall. did you killjennifer and stephen? no comment. 0utside court, police read a statement on behalf of the chapple family. "no verdict will bring back our beautifuljennifer and stephen. "we will now focus on stephen and jennifer's beautiful boys, "helping them to live the life that jennifer and stephen "would have wanted for them."

neighbours described the couple as a young family who are full of dreams. colin reeves will be sentenced next week. wikileaks founder julian assange's extradition to the us has been approved by uk home secretary priti patel. mr assange has 1a days to appeal the decision. he's wanted by the american authorities over documents leaked in 2010 and 2011, which the us says broke the law and endangered lives. assange's brother and father, gabriel and john shipton, held a press conference today to respond to the home secretary's decision to extradite assange to the united states. let's hear what they said. democracy dies in the darkness and todayis democracy dies in the darkness and today is a dark day for democracy. the uk government today has decided thatjournalists the uk government today has decided that journalists and the uk government today has decided thatjournalists and publisher can that journalists and publisher can be thatjournalists and publisher can be extradited from there country for publishing evidence of work problems —— war crimes, torture and corruption. julian assange will appeal this decision to the high

court in the uk. he has 1a days to appeal the decision, but what this decision means is that basic journalism that people do every day, sourcing information, publishing information is now illegal in the uk. ., �* , ., ., information is now illegal in the uk. ., ~ , ., ., , uk. your australian friends find it extraordinary _ uk. your australian friends find it extraordinary that _ uk. your australian friends find it extraordinary that the _ uk. your australian friends find it extraordinary that the country - uk. your australian friends find it | extraordinary that the country that .ave extraordinary that the country that gave the _ extraordinary that the country that gave the world freedom of the press and trying _ gave the world freedom of the press and trying to its constitution and the first— and trying to its constitution and the first amendment, today, brought that freedom to an end. it's over. for a _ that freedom to an end. it's over. for a publisher to be extradited to the united — for a publisher to be extradited to the united states, charged under the espionage _ the united states, charged under the espionage act, oppresses all publishers, alljournalists everywhere. so we found it a bit shameful— everywhere. so we found it a bit shameful that the united kingdom has

conspired _ shameful that the united kingdom has conspired in this process to bring an end _ conspired in this process to bring an end to— conspired in this process to bring an end to freedom of the press with the department ofjustice of the united states. it's regretful. john shipton, julian assange's father. 7.30, i at half past seven, it's dateline london, but first, a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. wejoin 0lly foster. we join 0lly foster. what a hot day to playing tennis. we'll start with golf, because the second round of the us 0pen is well under way. england's callum tarren and northern ireland's rory mcilroy were one off the lead overnight. but in the early stages of his second round, two birdies for tarren means he now has the outright lead at brookline. the 31—year—old from darlington is the world number a45 and only gained his pga tour card last year. his airline lost his clubs

on the way to boston last week, and in just his second appearance at this tournament, he's out in front at four under par. mcilroy also not long into his round, hejust dropped back to one under par. 0nly teed off in the last hour or so. he's had a bit of a nightmare third hole. all sorts of trouble. matt fitzpatrick is climbing up the leaderboard. follow the sport website for the leaderboard. england's cricketers have set a world record one—day international score as they beat the netherlands in the opening match of their one—day series. they eclipsed their previous record of 481, reaching 498 for 1l there were three centurions, butjos buttler�*s unbeaten 162 was the stand—out performance in amstelveen. here's our spots correspondent andy swiss. blue skies, but for england who were

soon raining sixes, as what beginning fame of to get ended up more a possible competition. the netherlands reduced to running —— rummaging as a blend of bowling and hitting all records smashed to all corners. centuries before 162 from joss buttler took things to truly dizzying heights. a haze of new balls, please, as time and again, buttler blazed them out of the ground. they needed a second net to find out one, and that was before liam livingston got going. 32 runs and one over. the travelling fans were loving it. they did two sixes off the last balls to reach 500, and theyjust off the last balls to reach 500, and they just fell short. off the last balls to reach 500, and theyjust fell short. but off the last balls to reach 500, and they just fell short. but they rounded things off in style. 498, a walloping one—day record, and for england fans, quite exhilarating

entertainment. andy swiss, bbc news. ryan peniston's run at queens is over, losing his quarterfinal against filip krajinovic. the 26—year—old from southend made a really bright start, taking the first set, but his serbian opponent, who is ranked inside the worlds top 50, dominated the next two. penistone is ranked 180th in the world and earns 50,000 pounds for reaching the last 8, double his winnings so far this season. great britain's katie boulter was also knocked out at the quaterfinal stage at the birmingham classic. she was beaten in straight sets by the former world number one and 2019 wimbledon champion simona halep. rafael nadal says he intends to play at wimbledon after having nerve treatment for his chronic foot problem. the two—time champion has been practising on grass courts in majorca to test his fitness. earlier this month, he won a record—extending 14th french open title earlier this month,

but needed multiple injections in his foot throughout the tournament. he'll now head to london and make a final decision on his participation after training and an exhibition match at the hurlingham club. a couple of football transfers have gone through today, as expected liverpool's striker sadio mane isjoining the bundesliga champions bayern munich. liverpool rejected a couple of offers from bayern for the 30—year—old, but they've agreed a deal that could be worth up to £35 million. mane scored 120 goals during his six years at anfield and helped the club to the fa cup and league cup last season. he also won the premier league and champions league with them. tottenham have signed yves bissouma from brighton. the 25—year—old mali midfielder has signed a four—year deal worth £25m plus add—ons. he becomes spurs' third summer signing after goalkeeper fraser forster and croatian winger ivan perisickjoined on free transfers.

the fixtures are out for next season's scottish premiership. it all starts on saturday 30th july with livingston against rangers in the lunchtime kick—off. celtic begin their title defence at home to aberdeen on the 31st. promoted kilmarnock host dundee united. hibs entertain hearts on the second weekend of the season. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. keep across the gulf on... i'll be back on bbc news, but now it's time for all your weather with chris. hello again. a hot and sunny afternoon on the cards for most of england and wales, whereas for scotland and northern ireland, we have seen some rain this morning. that's easing away. it'll still be brighter with some sunny spells and temperatures are more comfortable, some would say, high teens to low 20s. now, the heatwave has been building across western europe. for much of last week in spain,

we've seen temperatures in the hottest areas into the low 40s. it's the earliest heatwave we've seen for spain for over a0 years, and the heat has been pushing its way northwards. france yesterday saw a top temperature of a0 celsius, which was the earliest in the year that's ever happened. so, not only is the heat pretty ferocious, it's arriving unusually early in the season as well. now, although it's going to be hot and sunny for most of england and wales, we do have a cold front pushing its way southwards, bringing a little bit of light rain into northern england this afternoon. temperatures across eastern england widely reaching the low 30s, but will probably peak at 33 or 3a. temperatures, high teens to low 20s across scotland and northern ireland. now, across parts of southern wales and south—west england, we've got this area of cloud moving in. it's actually a bank of mist and fog as well. where that comes onshore, temperatures just into the high teens as well. the weather not feeling too humid. 0vernight tonight, after such a warm day across england and wales, for some, temperatures as you're thinking of going to bed will still be up at around 2a or 25 for norwich and london,

so uncomfortably warm. fresher air, though, arriving across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, where it'll be a comfortable night's sleep ahead. into the weekend's weather forecast, that cold front will continue to very gradually push southwards. it will tend to get reactivated with outbreaks of rain just bursting up through the skies across parts of wales, probably the midlands, east anglia as well. this weather front could move a little bit northwards or southwards as we go into saturday — something to bear in mind. but for the most part, it stays warm with still some hazy sunshine across the south—east, temperatures high 20s here. but otherwise, much fresher conditions extending in for most of the country with temperatures into the high teens or so. now, take a look at the weather picture into sunday. the main uncertainty is how many showers or thunderstorms or perhaps even longer spells of rain there will be across the south of england. 0therwise, fresher air coming in from the northwest with some bright or sunny spells and temperatures generally into the high teens.

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